1.Keep it down

Everyone at the gym is aware that you are straining and making effort to lift those weights or do those sit-ups. So unless you’re dead-lifting 100kgs, there’s no need to grunt like a professional tennis player hitting the ball at Wimbledon.

3.Tame your inner exhibitionist

Self-conscious people have a polar opposite at the gym – the exhibitionist.

I think we’ve all experienced that awkward moment when that chatty lady from your Pilates class strikes up a conversation while standing in her birthday suit.

We’re aware that at some point you have to get naked in the locker room. However, there’s no need to let it all hang out while you casually apply mascara and discuss last night’s episode of Masterchef.

5.Avoid a reign of sweaty terror

Working up a sweat at the gym is normal. Leaving a trail of sweat on all the equipment isn’t.

While pretending that you merely glow when you exercise may seem less humiliating than wiping down equipment, it’s more humiliating to cause people to avoid using it because “Sweaty Betty” used it last.

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